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When the Smoke Clears

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This album has everything an R&B album should have. From party tracks like "Put Your Drink Down (Featuring Gitt It Boys)" to smooth baby making music like "Guessing Games" it has it all. Public Announcement has been around since 1998 as R. Kelly's background singers but this album definitely shows that they can hold their own. There's talent in their vocals and the beats are danceable, laid-back, and just plain catchy.

hey guys i bought public announcement feloney voice is so flawless amazing r kelly is king but pa is sure doing their thang on this i hope they get the same sucess of r

Pa new cd is so smooth and hard.This cd has it all from start to finish.Pa best work by far thx.Please go buy this cd is off the chain.

After being eighty sixed by R.Kelly after their 1992 debut, Public Announcement was M.I.A. until 1998 when the group returned with the sexually charged All Work No Play album. After a couple of solo albums the group released their CD which is pretty weak. There aren't noteable slow jams on the disc other than their remake of You Don't Have To Cry. More than likely R.Kelly is drinking a juice box with a little girl and laughing.

I was expecting more because I dug that PA Album from 1998,but this Album sounds like Minor League Triple AAA Level takes on R.Kelly at best.there are a few alright joints,but on a whole not much depth here. I expected a bit more.the vocals are cool,but the Production doesn't challenge them too much at all.

Do you remember the group Public Announcement? They were the ones singing behind the Pied Piper himself on the Born Into The 90s album back in 1992. But after just one album, R Kelly ventured off on a successful solo career while the boys were left to fend for themselves. The group put out two albums of their own and went through a lot of changes over the next decade. They did manage to have some modest hits like "Body Bumpin" and "John Doe" during those times. Now in 2006, the current lineup release their third album titled When The Smoke Clears in hopes of bigger and better things. Unfortunately, little progress has been made in all the years they've had to grow.

There are just so many things that kill this album all around. The first thing that any group should NOT do is emulate what their former frontman has done. Well, obviously they didn't get that memo as Public Announcement practically copy everything R Kelly has done over the years. "Stepper Friend" sounds a lot like the stepping songs that R Kelly did for his Happy People album. "What If He Knew" is a virtual copycat of R Kelly's "Down Low" with the falsetto he does on the song. "Guessing Games" sounds suspiciously like "I Wish" in its delivery, "Girl I" and "I'll Be" simply sound like R Kelly-type songs, "Freaky In The Club" is a complete rip of "Snake," and "What's Good" uses similar reggae melodies as those used by Kels. Even songs like the uninteresting sequel "John Doe 2" and a dreadful remake of Rene and Angela's "You Don't Have To Cry" leave you wondering why they even bothered. And a downright ridiculous cut is the song "Let Me."

A few tracks like "Yep," "One More Try," and "Put Your Drink Down" are passable but aren't enough to make this album worthwhile. It's bad enough that the group had to resort to putting out an independent album, but a lot of good albums are released independently. But usually someone who hasn't really manage to make much noise on the mainstream front isn't going to do good on an indie like Boss Entertainment. It may be time for these brothers to start considering a regular nine to five like the rest of us. When the smoke clears, I'm immediately shouting out my own Public Announcement: "Don't Even Think About Buying This!"